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Farm on the Town provides community kids a glimpse of farm life

HANCOCK — Farm on the Town returned to the parking lot at Sunflower Books and Coffee Saturday. The popular event took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hosted by Copper Country Farm Bureau, the event, more than a decade old, celebrated its fifth year at the Hancock location, after relocating from the former Book Worm book store in Houghton. It is an agricultural educational initiative that bring a glimpse of farming experience to town that features livestock, youth activities, and interactive educational stations. This year, displays included farm animals such as goats, sheep, cows. ...

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SAULT STE. MARIE — Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post arrested a woman for allegedly unlawfully entering a home in Newberry and stealing property from within the residence. At about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, troopers were dispatched to a report of a subject who had allegedly entered a residence on John Street in Newberry without permission and stole items from inside the home. As a result of the investigation, troopers identified the suspect as 35-year-old Gina Briggs of Newberry. Troopers located Briggs and recovered the stolen property. Briggs was ...

Why we live here!

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Stop Motion Animation Camp for Youth Ages 8-16 HANCOCK — A Stop-Motion Animation Camp with Ian Raymond for youth ages 8-16 will, take place over the next three Saturdays at the Copper Country Community Arts Center in Hancock. students will learn how to animate frame by frame and create short stop-motion clips. Using the material of the week, students will create their own objects to animate and bring them to life by using instructed stop-motion techniques. Each student will work individually or with others to create a short animation movie. • Week 1: Animating paper • Week 2: ...

Pride!

CALUMET — The Calumet Colosseum was lively Saturday with vendors, arts and crafts, food trucks, live music and residents celebrating LGBTQ+ pride in the Keweenaw for the annual Keweenaw Pridefest. Event organizers, Keweenaw Queers, sought out many volunteers to help run the afternoon of ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for over 20 years. When we met, we had both already lost our parents. During all our time together, my husband's younger brother has spent Christmas at our home — even after we got married and he got married, after we moved out of state and ...